#CC4E40#CC4E40

#CC4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.163 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4E40
RGB	rgb(204, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 49.15, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 59.98, 34.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1422 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.163 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5545, 18.6602, 6.9477)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4E40 #40BECC

analogous

#CC4078 #CC4E40 #CC9440

triadic

#CC4E40 #40CC4E #4E40CC

tetradic

#CC4E40 #78CC40 #40BECC #9440CC

square

#CC4E40 #78CC40 #40BECC #9440CC

split-complementary

#CC4E40 #40CC94 #4078CC

monochromatic

#73271F #A3382C #CC4E40 #D97B70 #E6A8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#CC4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#CC4E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4E40

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4E40	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.163 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38575',
    500: '#cc4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4e40;
$custom-light: #e38575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59022,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4E40

secondary

#95CCD2

accent

#D2E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4E40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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